Classic Bike Guide

NORTON ATLAS 650 NOMAD (RANGER) – SPECIFICATION

Liquid-cooled parallel-twin four-stroke with four valves per cylinder, 270° crankshaft and chain-driven double overhead cams with idler gear 82 x 61.5mm 649.57cc 84 bhp/63kW64Nm/6.53kg-m/47.20lb-ft at 9000rpm 11.51 Electronic fuel injection and engine management system with Mechtronic ECU and 2 x 48mm Jenvey throttle bodies, each with a single Bosch injector Six-speed extractable cassette-type with straight-cut primary gears Multi-plate oil-bath clutch with cable operation Twin tube seamless steel perimeter chassis with engine as semi-stressed component, and aluminium swingarm mount. Fully-adjustable 50mm Marzocchi Roadholder inverted telescopic fork with 150mm wheel travel (200 mm) Braced cast aluminium swingarm with Marzocchimade Roadholder monoshock and rising rate link with 150mm wheel travel (200 mm) 24.2°/110mm (114 mm) 1446mm (1470mm) 178kg dry 50/50% 2 x 320 mm Brembo fully-floating stainless steel discs with radially-mounted four-piston twin-pad Brembo Monoblock calipers with Continental ABS 1 x 245mm Brembo steel disc with two-piston Brembo caliper with Continental ABS 110/80R18 Avon Trailrider (120/70R19 Avon Trekrider) on 2.50in (3.0in) wire-spoked aluminium rim 180/55R17 Avon Trailrider (170/60R17 Avon Trekrider) on 5.00in wire-spoked aluminium rim 824mm (867mm) 15 litres Over 125mph Norton Motorcycle Ltd., Donington Hall, Castle Donington, Derby DE74 2SG, UK

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